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disturbing

(dɪstɜːʳbɪŋ)
adjective
Something that is disturbing makes you feel worried or upset.
There was something about him she found disturbing.
There are disturbing reports of killings at the two centres.
Synonyms: worrying, troubling, upsetting, alarming More Synonyms of disturbing
disturbingly adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb]
...the disturbingly high frequency of racial attacks.

disturbing in British English

(dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ)
adjective
tending to upset or agitate; troubling; worrying
Derived forms
disturbingly (disˈturbingly)
adverb

Examples of 'disturbing' in a sentence
disturbing

The production is controlled and disturbing in similar ways and deals powerfully with loneliness.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Standing in a graveyard was an extremely disturbing experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Interviews with lawyers and activists build up a most disturbing picture.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In its more extreme forms apathy is more disturbing for others than for the sufferer.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
I began to hear disturbing rumors.
Sidney Sheldon The Other Side of Me
No, the real issue is the disturbing moral relativism of our media and their lack of moral clarity at a time of trial for freedom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Funny, yes - but disturbing too.
The Sun (2008)
ONE of the things that is most depressing and disturbing about this whole green thing is that they seem to have no sense of taste at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
disturbing

British English: disturbing ADJECTIVE
Something that is disturbing makes you feel worried or upset.
There was something about him she found disturbing.
  • American English: disturbing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: perturbador
  • Chinese: 使人不安的
  • European Spanish: perturbador
  • French: inquiétant
  • German: beunruhigend
  • Italian: inquietante
  • Japanese: 不安にさせる
  • Korean: 불안하게 하는
  • European Portuguese: perturbador
  • Latin American Spanish: perturbador

Chinese translation of 'disturbing'

disturbing

(dɪsˈtəːbɪŋ)

adj

  1. [experience, situation, aspect] 令人不安的 (lìng rén bù'ān de)
Seedisturbed
(adjective) 
There are disturbing reports of severe weather conditions.
Synonyms
worrying
troubling
upsetting
alarming
The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
frightening
The latest crime statistics are frightening.
distressing
the distressing symptoms of anxiety
startling
discouraging
dismaying
unsettling
The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect.
harrowing
a harrowing description of the disaster
agitating
disconcerting
He has a disconcerting habit of staring at you when he talks to you.
disquieting
He found her letter disquieting.
perturbing

Additional synonyms

in the sense of alarming
The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
Synonyms
frightening,
shocking,
scaring,
disturbing,
distressing,
terrifying,
appalling,
startling,
dreadful,
horrifying,
menacing,
intimidating,
dismaying,
scary (informal),
fearful,
daunting,
fearsome,
unnerving,
hair-raising,
bloodcurdling
in the sense of disconcerting
He has a disconcerting habit of staring at you when he talks to you.
Synonyms
disturbing,
upsetting,
alarming,
confusing,
embarrassing,
awkward,
distracting,
dismaying,
baffling,
bewildering,
perplexing,
off-putting (British, informal),
bothersome
in the sense of disquieting
He found her letter disquieting.
Synonyms
worrying,
troubling,
upsetting,
disturbing,
distressing,
annoying,
irritating,
unsettling,
harrowing,
unnerving,
disconcerting,
vexing,
perturbing,
bothersome

Synonyms of 'disturbing'

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